Obama hasn't abused federal power

First of all, Wicks' assertion that President Obama knows little about the Constitution is laughable, especially coming from someone who knows little about the Constitution. I might remind Mr..Wicks that Barack Obama graduated from Harvard Law School,with the distinction Magna Cum Laude. He also was a Senior Lecturer in Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School.

But, according to Wicks he knows little about the Constitution.

The author goes on to state that it is the Constitution, not Congress, that is empowered to promote the general welfare. How exactly does a document do that?

Quite frankly, I am getting tired of reading tea party enthusiasts cherry-pick from the Federalist Papers,to support their right-wing ideology. They have no idea what they are reading. The Federalist Papers were written as a public relations piece to support ratification of the Constitution, seeking to replace the Articles of Confederation. While Mr. Wicks alleges that President Obama is the lawless one, he does not cite specific examples.

The reason he does not is that there are none to cite. It just sounds good.

Wicks defends the Republicans in the House as not being lawless. He also parrots this socialism nonsense. Well, if the Republicans shut down the government again (which took $24 billion from the economy and added $100 million to the deficit) we may need all the socialism we can muster.

Wicks quotes Thomas Jefferson, "a wise and frugal government ... it shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned." Twenty-four billion is a lot of bread.

Finally, President Obama has issued the fewest executive orders of any President, going all the way back to FDR. The Tea Party enthusiasts might recall that President George W. Bush attached 125 signing statements to laws he signed as president. Those signing statements basically declared that parts of the law would not be enforced or followed. I am sure they would not interpret this as being lawless. But, George W. Bush was white after all.